My spooler won't stay running, I can't add printers.

My spooler won't stay running, I can't add printers.
Not able to figure out even after firewall on/off, network on/off and all setting to default...
Regards
Reddy

find some possibility solution for spooler wont start here
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d875ab83-1b17-4a28-8738-e67249a2bdfd/cannot-print-after-update-to-81-printers-gone-print-spooler-keeps-stopping-cannot-add?forum=w8itprohardware
I recommended this step
1. do printer troubleshooting
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/printer-problems-in-windows-help#fix-printer-problems=windows-8&v1h=win8tab3&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1
2. Uninstall antivirus using removal tools (Kapersky)
3. Registry trick as
JSB43211 suggested, backup your registry before perform this
1. Open Regedit as Administrator 
2. Find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\ key. 
3. If you are on a 64-Bit machine, browse to the "Windows x64" sub-key (else "Windows NT x86") 
4. Under the "Print Processors" sub-key DELETE ALL THE SUB-KEYS EXCEPT "winprint" key 
5. Start the Print Spooler service. 
6. Test to see if you can Add a printer. 

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